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Capital Punishment
On Way Out
It would seem to the average North
Carolinian that capital punishment is
in its death throes in this state. Per
haps this view is even more commonly
shared by Tar Heel lawyers, who daily
see the taking of a human life by the
state more of a threat than an actual
ity.
At any rate, this view was expressed
by a prominent attorney following a
criminal term of Superior Court here
this week. "Capital punishment in
North Carolina is really a thing of the
past," he contended.
There seems to be merit in his con
tention. Only in isolated cases, in
which a horrendous crime has been
committed or where victim and assail
ant stood on opposite sides of the color
line, does capital punishment now enter
the punishment picture in this state.
Capital punishment has long been
held as the ultimate weapon possessed
by society as a means of safeguarding
the rights of man against man. The
"eye for an eye" philosophy which goe3
back three thousand or more years pro
duced an assortment of devices man
made by which to legally execute anoth
er man. The swords, nooses, guillo
tines, crosses, firing squads, electric
chairs, gas chambers and a host of oth
er devices designed for retaliatory
death seem now to have become piled
high enough to cast a shadow on the
conscience of man.
Slowly, as justice becomes increasing
ly tempered with mercy, the question
of whether man had a moral, if not a
legal right, to kill another human being
began praying on the minds of a few.
These, for the most part, seemed to
wear the label of "radicals" in the eyes
of their contemporaries. Their public
views that legal executions should cease
were cast off by an unsympathetic pub
lic which felt that capital punishment
was the only sure deterrent for crime.
But slowly these "radical" views
grew stronger, they picked up sup
port among people who wondered if the
cure was worth the medicine. In some
areas man abandoned capital punish
ment in actuality; now it seems North
Good Idea To
Grow Vitamins
Henry Belk in Goldsboro News-Argus
This column has told you of Tom Williams,
who has moved from the misty North Caro
lina mountains to Go'dsboro's flat coastal
plains.
He reminds one and all that it Is iime to
get in your greens for the fall r: That
is what Mr. Tom is planting V ys the
time co get them planted is thi i.rst week
of September.
you prefer tender greens or some other
green stuff, the time for the fall planting is
the same as for turnips.
When you plant you get the therapy of
working the garden, the fresh unmatched
flavor of greens just cut, and you get one of
the most bountiful supplies of vitamins and
minerals The lowly collard, probably, has
a higher vitamin and mineral content than
most vegetables.
- Another thing, if you make your own greens
patch, you control Its fertilization and insect
repellent ami sprays. You know the greens
have no chemical which will or could cause
trouble in the digestive tract.
Obvious Reason
BSfc ' > Sacramento Bee
? They say old foola are the biggest fools.
The reason is obvious: They have had more
Pa/king Problem Solved
(la.)
If you want something done well, let your
do it herself.
minds are trained and subdued by
hat great minds Had shove iu
Carolina is following a similar course
in reality.
There are still those voices raising
loud protests when the capital punish
ment plan is discredited. There are
those who say that execution is not so
much a means of punishment as a
means of dissuasion.
But their arguments are seemingly
somewhat invalidated when one recalls
the transition from public to private
executions. Time was when a felon was
hanged publicly?when men. women and
children often watched as the trap was
sprung, the victim writhed and the
state collected its supreme debt.
Now, executions, though much fewer
in uumber, take place within the con
fines of prisons, shielded from public
view, seen by a few who seemingly
need no such deterrent. The avowed
purpose of capital punishment seems to
have been lost in its privacy.
This week three persons were sen
tenced to life in prison here in a first
degree murder case. Time was when
their fate would easily have been exe
cution. Certainly there are those whoj
will say the slute lost an opportunity to!
make an example of these unfortunate j
persons insofar as the prevention of a 1
recurrence of crime is concerned.
In serving life sentences, surely a
great deal of the spirit of these persons
will be taken. They will, in the words
of the presiding judge, "cease to be a
human being and become a statistic." j
The public will be protected by the
action of its court. And those who were
in the crowded courtroom and watched
and listened as the three sentences
were handed down must have little
doubt that a measure of deterrency was
served.
The death knells of capital punish
ment in this state are sounding, and
the sound does not come as unwelcome
to those who feel that justice will not
suffer with its demise.
NEWS OF FIVE, TEN AND 25 YEARS AGO
Looking Backward Into
The Record
September 6, 1957
Warrenton water customers were this week
asked by Water Supt. Harold R. Skillman to
use water sparingly because of a threatened
shortage.
Charles Mayfield White, III, 25, of Drewry,
Collins Shaw, Jr., 29, of Henderson, and James
Harry Limer, 25, of Afton were admitted to
the Bar in brief ceremonies during court here
Thursday afternoon.
Norlina High School will open its football
season tonight with a non-conference game
with Spring Hope at Norlina.
Miss Ann Elizabeth Davis and the Rev.
Malcolm M. Hutton were married in the Nor
lina Baptist Church on August 30.
September 5, 1952
Judge J. Paul Frizelle of Snow Hill will
open a one-week criminal term of Superior
Court here Monday morning.
Lakes are forming along creeks as giant
Kerr reservoir begins to fill following recent
closing of the sluce gates of the dam.
Mayor W. R. Strickland on Tuesday asked
that the county help rid Warrenton of stray
dogs.
Miss Sarah Miles of Warrenton has accept
ed a position as assistant case worker with
the Warren County Welfare Department
September 3, 1937
Endy Brothers will play the midway of the
Warren County Agricultural Fair which will
open on October 4, it was announced yester
day. '
Approximately 2500 boys and girls are ex
pected to .enrol] for the 1937-38 session of
school which will open on Tuesday morning.
A thief entered the home of Mr. and Mrs.
E. C. Price on Saturday night while dinner
was being served and walked out with n
pocketbook containing $12.50 after cutting tel
should carry out the conservatl
. _? in all its phases, County Agent B
Bright said this week.
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I HOME DEMONSTRATION CORNER
EMILY BALLINGER, County Home Economics Agent
^ ANN KIIJAN, Asst. Home Economics .*gent
The home agents announce
the following schedule:
Monday, Sept. 10: The Agri
cultural Workers Council will
meet at 8:45 p. m. at the coun
ty agricultural building.
The home demonstration
county council will not meet.
Notices will be sent to mem
bers announcing the meeting
at a later date.
Tuesday, Sept. 11: Inez
Demonstration Club will meet
at 2:30 p. m. at the Inez
Clubhouse.
Wednesday. Sept. 12: Vaugh
an Home Demonstration Club
will meet at 2:30 p. m.
Ridgeway Home Demonstra
Announcement
By Negro Agent
PEGGIE P. DREW
County Negro Home Ec. Agent
DOROTHY RUTH EDGE
Assistant County Negro
Home Ec. Agent
Phone 204-1
Monday, Sept. 10: 7:30 p.
m., Warrenton Home Demon
stration Club will meet for the
regular monthly meeting.
Tuesday, Sept. 11; 1 p. m.,
Snow Hill Home Demonstration
Club will meet at the home of
Mrs. Joanna Carroll.
Wednesday, Sept. 12: 1 p.
m.. Burchette Chapel Home
Demonstration Club will hold
its regular monthly meeting.
Thursday, Sept. 13: 1:30 p.
m ..Cool Spring Home Demon
stration Club will meet at the
home of Mrs. Mary Sommer
ville.
Friday, Sept. 14: 1:30 p. m.,
Embro Home Demonstration
Club will meet at the home of
Mrs. Clementine Robinson.
ARE YOU HAVING TROUBLE
PAYING YOUR BILLS?
"No Moneyitis" is a dread
ful disease we get when we
have trouble paying bills. Are
you having trouble trying to
pay your bills, and to get tire
things your family needs? It
is true that every member of
the family likes to have his own
money, but everyone should do
his part to help pay some of
the bills. As you know manag
ing your money is serious bus
iness, and it may be necessary
to get together with your
family to discuss why you are
having trouble paying your
bills. Since it is so easy to
get credit, you may be buying
too many things on credit.
Many families get overloaded
with credit by trying to keep
up with their neighbors and
friends. Try to encourage the
members of your family to
save a little in the bank each
month, and plan how to man
age the family money to a
better advantage.
Sit down with your family
and discuss what is important,
what are you paying for on
tion Club will meet at 2;30 p.
m. at the home of Mrs. Leon
ard M. Bender.
Thursday, Sept. 13: Shaw
Springs Home Demonstration
Club will meet at 2:30 p. in.
at the home of Mrs. J. C.
Salmon.
Enterprise Home Demonstra
tion Club will meet at 2:30 p.
m. at the home of Mrs. W. B.
Stansburv. Mrs. B F'. Stans
bury will be co-hostess.
Friday. Sept. 14: Femily
Life Leaders Training School
will be at 2:30 p. m.
Johnston Home Demonstra
tion Club will not meet on
this date. Meeting date will
be announced later.
installment, and what can the
family do to add to the in
come. list extra jobs that
certain family members can do
to bring in extra money.
Write out a plan of how to
make and spend your money;
if you like it, why don't you
try it for one year.
What is important to the
family counts a great deal in
having enough money to pay
your bills. For example, one
family may feel that money
should be spent for a home
and furnishings because thai
is important to them. Another
family may feel that church or
money to educate their chil
dren should come first, and
maybe another family may feel
that a car is most important
We call these values because
they are things that we feel j
are important.
Every family may be com
pared to a small business, be
cause they earn money, and
they spend money. Big busi
ness concerns meet regularly
to elect officers, set up rules
and regulations, make reports
to show progress, failure, and
to clear up all misunderstand
ings. They know how much
money they have and how
much money they owe. If big
business corporations operate
in this manner, why can't your
family set up a similar type of
organization in the home with
family officers? The family
can set up objectives, goals,
and report success or failure
in handling the family money.
Family business meetings may
be held around the kitchen
table weekly or monthly or at
other times.
Families who run through
their money and are having
trouble paying bills are fami
lies who spend without plan
ning and they usually end up
with a dreadful disease known
as money sickness or "no mon
eyitis." Money sickness can
make you look old, wrinkled;
you get discouraged or de
pressed; sometimes it makes
you do things that are dis
graceful. Don't let anyone in
your family catch this dread
ful disease.
It pays to plan to form the
habit of saving a little in a
bank each month, because fam
ily planning is a "Little Busi
ness" that pays "Big Divi
dends."
Marriage Licenses
Vernill Wheeles, colored, of
Spring Hope to William Oliver
Williams of Spring Hope.
Regina Theresa Camp, white,
of Richmond, Va., to Gordon
Edward McKay of Richmond,
Va.
Patsy Josephine Faulkner,
white of Norlina to John Ran
dolph Thompson, Jr., of South
Hill. Va.
Patricia Lynn Donnelly,
white, of Arlington, Va., to
Ronald George Frodella of Ar
lington, Va.
Ethclyn Stegall, colored, of
Henderson to George Eaton of
Henderson.
Ruby Eilen Adcock, white,
of Baskervill, Va., to Sterling
Montgomery AUgood of Boyd
ton, Va.
Barbara Fenton Blaine,
white, of Silver Spring, Md., to
David Humphries Wright of
Silver Spring, Md.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hawks
and daughter, Priscilla, or
Tulsa, Oklahoma, are guests of
Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Bullock
and Mrs. Leonard Hawks.
Mr. and Mrs. Carol Hamblin
and daughters of Norfolk, Va.,
spent the holidays here with
Mr. and Mrs. Claiborne Aycock
and sons.
Mr. and Mrs. Niles Serls and
family have returned to their
home in Salisbury, Md., after
being guests of their parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Serls.
Miss Gayle Serls, who had
been here for sometime, re
turned home with them.
Mr. and Mrs. P. G. Seaman,
Jr. ,and family of Chapel Hill
spent the weekend here with
relatives.
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Keep enough on hand,
always get more for the
weekends.
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